Last year the greens seemed to have surpassed themselves by choosing a casus belli that is small, ugly and risibly named: the sucker fish.The water which succours both the sucker fish and hundreds of Californian farmers starts in a series of mountain lakes and marshes, mostly in Oregon.
These give succour to both camps.
Subsequently it provided succour to ships, both naval and merchant, that found themselves in distress.
But since he must offer both succour to debtor countries and reassurance to creditors, he has worryingly little room for manoeuvre.
With Comcast in charge, would Mr Jobs reconsider the divorce?Unhappy familyThe Comcast bid provides both succour and a conundrum for two of Disney's noisiest critics, who would presumably prefer the firm to stay independent: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, two former board members who resigned their positions in December in order to mount a public campaign against Mr Eisner.
More specifically, 1950s children who still know the strapline for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men will have a vision of a drab, conservative but essentially decent post-war Britain, which both succoured them and gave them something to rebel against.
The next Six Nations brings both the succour of three home games and the danger of away trips to Cardiff and Dublin.
8.35pm BST Here's what the pressure of the US Open can do: the dependable Steve Stricker has just winged a huge drive out of bounds on 2. Down the hole, Rose and Donald have both scrambled pars, which might give them succour, limiting damage worth just as much as making birdies, if not more.
That is the approach Wales will take, although the absence of their leading props on both sides of the scrum will give Italy succour.
No 5 The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1935) Which books should you take with you when you retreat into the metaphorical - or, for the better prepared among you, actual - bunker that you hope will offer succour from the worst effects of the coming global recession or Christmas or both?
